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Actor
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Birthplace
Piolenc, Vaucluse, France
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Languages
French
Spouses
Stéphane Audran (1954-1956), Nadine Trintignant (1960-1976), Marianne Hoepfner (2000-2022)
Children
3 children: Marie Trintignant, Vincent Trintignant
Parents
Raoul Trintignant, Claire Trintignant
Sibling
Fernand Trintignant
Education
Paul Cézanne University, Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
Zodiac Sign
♐ Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac
马 Horse
Name Origin
English < Basque (Xabier)
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Jean-Louis Trintignant is known for acting.
Born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France (died at age 91).
6 awards including Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Jean-Louis Trintignant has 50 credits in our database.
Studied at Array.
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Filmography (50)
AWARDS (8)
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César Award for Best Actor
2013
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European Film Award for Best Actor
2012
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
1969
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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
1969
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Biography
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (December 11, 1930 – June 17, 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic films of European cinema, and worked with many prominent auteur directors, including Roger Vadim, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch, Claude Chabrol, Bernardo Bertolucci, Éric Rohmer, François Truffaut, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Michael Haneke.
He made a critical and commercial breakthrough in And God Created Woman (1956), followed by a starmaking romantic turn in A Man and a Woman (1966), and The Great Silence (1968). He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 1968 Berlin International Film Festival for his performance in The Man Who Lies and the Best Actor Award at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival for Costa-Gavras's Z. Trintignant's other notable films include, My Night at Maud's (1969), The Conformist (1970), Three Colours: Red (1994), and The City of Lost Children (1995). He won the 2013 César Award for Best Actor for his role in Michael Haneke's Amour.
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Where was Jean-Louis Trintignant born?
Jean-Louis Trintignant was born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France.
What movies or shows has Jean-Louis Trintignant been in?
Jean-Louis Trintignant has 50 credits in our database. Notable titles include Amour (2012), Cannes, 60 ans d'histoire (2007), Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998), Tykho Moon (1996), Fiesta (1995).
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